Here’s an article about topics for blogging for beginners. When I started out online blogging, I tried all sorts of topics. But over time I realised what I enjoyed about writing the most would be my best bet. After several failed attempts at niche websites on all sorts of topics, I looked towards my values and found I like helping and inspiring with my content.
One of my “failures” was a niche website built around the keywords “when to harvest garlic”. I knew nothing of garlic harvesting not did I have an interest in it! But I had found this keyword and it seemed to be easy for me to rank according to my research. So I spent about 6 months creating content in a bid to rank this website, which it did. It ranked top for my main keyword “when to harvest garlic”. The trouble was, it was a difficult site to monetise – which had been my primary aim for building the site in the first place!
I was sick and tired of writing about garlic harvesting too and had pretty much run out of steam after several months. The site was a failure and I eventually dropped the domain name. But it taught me a valuable lesson – don’t choose a topic you have no interest in!
Topics For Blogging For Beginners – Your Product
A good topic for bloggers is always one you can sustain over the longer term. Blogging is pretty competitive and there’s plenty of other people out there who are really passionate about their topic. So if you’re not that bothered about it you’re at a major disadvantage. For starters your content will be less than impressive if you don’t care about your topic. It will show. And the other, more passionate bloggers will stick at it much longer and provide better, higher quality content.
One way to find your interest and passion is to look at your life, and perhaps the product/s you have chosen to promote through your blog. If you’re not at this stage yet, you can simply choose a topic which you’re interested in. Find affiliate products in that category and write about the products.
Topics For Blogging For Beginners – Google’s Keyword Planner
I’ve found Google’s keyword planner a useful tool for finding blog post topics. You can type any keyword into the planner and it will give you the keyword variations of your chosen keyword. This has a couple of advantages:
- You find keywords which are already being searched for, therefore you know there’s an audience for them.
- It means you can target longer tail keywords which are more specific to what you’re offering or your interests.
- You can target longer tail keywords which offer less competition in the search engine results. See find long tail keywords with low SEO difficulty.
Topics For Blogging – Use Popular Trending Articles
Another way to find topics for blogging is to use a site called Buzzsumo.com. Buzzsumo shows you the most popular trending articles on the social media platforms. Type a keyword or topic into the search bar at Buzzsumo and you’ll see a number of articles and YouTube videos pop up. This can help you find content ideas for your own posts.
The article titles can also give you ideas for your own content. Since these are trending bits of content, titles are already working well and getting shares and clicks. So it can be a good idea to use similar titles for your own content.
Your About Me Page
Most people know a lot about themselves! So creating an About me page is a good place to start. You can mention your reasons for building your blog, inspirations and struggles. Check out my about me page here. I came to be a blogger after a lot of financial struggles and not having a clear career direction. I jumped from one thing to the next and even became a stuntman to escape the 9 to 5!
Most people have something they are passionate about. If you don’t have an interest or passion, you can talk about your direction for your blogging, what you intend to change about your life or something which inspires you.
Using YouTube For Inspiration
YouTube is another great source for inspiration for your blog content. If you head to YouTube it will often recommend content for you which relates to your previous searches and interests. So if you’re stuck for ideas about your blog content, it’s a great resource.
You can also type keywords into the top search bar on YouTube and look for the search suggestions which will come up under the search bar. This is a little like using Google’s keyword planner.
YouTube can easily suck a huge amount of time from you, so it’s worth being mindful before starting down this path. Have the intention of finding a blog topic when you look on YouTube and avoid getting sucked into hours of video watching!